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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1906.
DECIDE AGIST A
GENERAL WALKOUT
Union Freighthandlers to Give
the Employers One
More Chance.
BELIEVE DEMANDS JUST
Confident Three Railroad Companies
Will Grant Wage Increase. .
Peace Party Wins Tem
porary Victory.
SITUATION IN FREIGHTHANDLERS
STRIKE MOVEMENT.
The peace party in the union has
won a temporary victory. The union
will, however, remain Arm in Its de
mands for Increased wages.
The Waterfront Federation, con
sisting; of longshoremen, marine en
gineers, grainhandlers and truck
drivers, will take such future action
as shall best advance the cause of
the freighthandlers, with whom they
are affiliated through membership In
the International Longshore, Marine
and Transport Association.
Demands, similar to those turned
down by the Northern Pacific, South
ern Pacific and O. R. & N. a week
ago. will be presented tomorrow and
If refused a strike Is probable.
- The men are thoroughly confident
that their demands will be granted.
In a meeting characterized by cool
ness, and calm deliberation over all
phases of the situation, 150 members of
the local Freighthandlers' Union met at
labor headquarters on Second and Mor
rison streetu yesterday afternoon and de
cided by unanimous ballot to defer a
general walkout until the railroad com
panies had been given another oppor
tunity to grant their request for more
pay.
Committee representing the men em
ployed by each of the companies, the
Northern Pacific, the Southern Pacific
and the O. R. & N.. . were instructed to
make formal repetition of the demands
which Jast week were turned down, and
request the officials of these companies
to reconsider their action. The demands
will be presented tomorrow, though they
would have been placed in the com
panies' hands this morning had it not
been Labor Day.
The committees will report the result
of their second mission to the union at
it next regular meeting, next Sunday
afternoon, unless the railroad officials ir
revocably refuse to grant their demands,
in which event the matter may be made
the special order of business for an
emergency meeting.
There were a number of radicals pres
ent at the session yesterday who advo
cated calling a general strike at once,
but wiser csmnscl prevailed and after
the matter had been .thoroughly threshed
out the hot-heads fell Into line and in
dorsed the action of their more temperate
brethren.
Folly of Haste Demonstrated.
That radical action did not result is
largely due to the stand taken at the
meeting by C. O. Young, general or
ganizer, of the American Federation of
Labor, who in his address to the men
demonstrated the folly of unwarranted
haste in precipitating another industrial
upheaval, especially under the conditions
now obtaining in the transportation busi
ness of the Pacific Northwest, conditions
which, he said, if violently disturbed
would mean irreparable loss to shippers
and merchants of the community and
entail needless loss of wages to the mem
bers of the union and affiliated organiza
tions. President Gram, of the Oregon State
Federation of Labor, counseled the men
along similar conservative lines.
A remarkable feature of the meeting
was the utter lack of bitterness of feel
ing toward the railroad officials who have
turned their demands down, the senti
ment being that if the men again pre
sented the issues fairly and squarely to
the officials the latter would meet them
In the same spirit.
There have never been any serious dis
agreements between the local Freight
handlers' Union and the three railroads
doing business in the local . terminal
yards. The men formed their union in
May, 1902, and no particular obstacles
were placed in the way of perfecting the
organization by the railroad companies.
In the Spring of 1903 the union, through
committees chosen for the purpose, ad
dressed a communication to the division
superintendents of the companies, re
questing a certain increase in wages and
better hours.
The result was a peaceable arrange
ment between the men and their em
ployers whereby, in the case of the
Northern Pacific, a flat raise of wages
of 10 per cent and. in the case of the
Harriman lines, of 15 per cent was grant
ed, that scale being still In effect, save
that the Northern Pacific last week
granted the .men an increase of 6 cents
an hour for overtime, so that they now
receive 20 cents an hour, the same as
raid to their fellow employes of the
Harriman roads.
All Men Urged to Join.
Yesterday's meeting was called to order
et.3 o'clock, with President William
Hayes in the chair. The first matter
taken- up was the initiation of 13 new
members, followed by general instruc
tions to the members -present to urge
all freighthandlers not now In the union
to affiliate at once, and It is believed
that with a national organizer in the
Held every one of the 300 men engaged
Jn their trade will Join the union before
the next meeting. At present a little
more than 60 per cent of the men are
members of the organization.
After the purpose for which the
meeting; was called had been explained.
General Organizer Young addressed
the men. He said:
"In the present emergency we should
ever remain calm. It is no time for,
nor does the situation demand, a devia
tion from those deep-seated principles
of organized labor which stand for
peace and amity, and for cool deliber
ation, as well as firmness in the face
of whatever crisis may arise. It has
bee,n the wisdom of the greatest labor
leaders of our times to counsel peace
and deplore hasty and ill-auviscd ac
tion, and when their Judgment and
suggestions have prevailed the cause
of unionism has always been advanced;
when they have failed, the opposite
condition has been the Invariable
result.
"My policy has always been, and, in
the exigency you are yourselves called
upon to cope with; at this time, my
best advice is that you do your utmost
to discourage any attempt within your
body to precipitate a strike. From
what I have learned of the situation
here, a walkout is not necessary at
present in order that you may gain
your ends, ror will it be until you have
exhausted all amicable resources.
When that has been done, make haste
slowly, and be sure of each step you
may take that shall lead to an open
rupture with your employers. If you
act on this advice, I am sure you will
gain much more than you would by
any exhibition of intemperate haste
which may result in fatal backset to
your cause."
Indorsed by President Gram.
With an explanatory statement that
he did not deny the right of the men,
or of organized labor in general, to
strike when the Justice of the cause
demanded such action, Organizer
Young yielded the floor, to President
Gram, amid long applause from the
men. Mr. Young's address seemed to
be the turning point in favor of the
peaceful element, and when Mr. Gram
indorsed all that his predecessor had
said and had commended the work
which the committees which had wait
ed on the railroad officials had al
ready done, there were shouts of
"question" from all parts of the room.
The meeting then passed the resolu
tion to continue the conference with
the railroad officials with a view to
bringing about a friendly settlement in
the matter of increased wages and the
meeting adjourned.
Secretary Paulinus McDonald of the
organization made the following state
ment regarding the situation after the
meeting.
"The question of ordering an imme
diate strike was not even considered
at the meeting for the reason that
there is nothing in the present state of
affairs that would warrant the discus
sion of any such step. The men firmly
believe that when we have frankly in
sisted on the companies granting our
request for an Increase it will be
granted without quibble or delay. We
intend to stand pat, but that doesn't
necessarily mean that we are going to
strike, for we are acting on the sup
position that our demands will be
granted."
The petition which the union pre
sented to the companies, and which
was turned down, requested that the
wages of the callers and car men be
Increased from $2.20 to $2.50 a Oay,
truckers from $2.10 to $2.35. checkers
from $65 to $75 a month. In view of
the fact that the Southern Pacific
granted advances to San Francisco
and Oakland freighthandlers to $2.50
a day and checkers to $80 a month, the
local men consider that their demands
are eminently Just.
Several Unions Affiliated.
Affiliated with the local Freight-
handlers' Union No. 334 are local Long
shoremens' Unions Nos. 264 and 265 and
local Grainhandlers Union No. 263, and
the local marine engineers and truck-
drivers' unions of the water-front fed
eration.
Members of these organizations,
whose affiliations through the I. L. M.
& T. A. make their own interests close
ly sympathetic with those of the ag
grieved freighthandlers, who were
present at the meeting, stated that
they would defer any action 'ooking
toward sympathetic walkouts until the
railroad officials have given their final
answer to the second demand of the
freighthandlers.
Should a strike come, a most serious
blow would fall on the Portland mer
chants and other local shipping inter
ests, for the local terminal company Is
at present entirely unable to handle
the business now offered. The lack of
trackage facilities, the congestion of
freight at other points, the forward
movement of new-crop wheat to tide
water points, the insatiable demand for
raw and finished lumber products, cil
tend to presage a most alarming d's-
turbance of industrial conditions should
a general strike bo declared.
That the men will present this tihase
of the situation to the division super
intendents of the three roads when
they tender their demands tomorrow
was Intimated by several union men
who attended the meeting.
AT THE THEATERS
What the Press Agcats Say.
MATIXEE TODAY AT BAKER
Special Performance of "The Crisis"
at 2:15 This Afternoon.
The Baker Theater Company will be seen
In a special performance this afternoon of
Winston Churchill's "The Crisis,"- and tonight
the regular evening performance will be
given. The play, as well aa the Baker Com
pany, made an Instantaneous hit with the
ater-goers at the opening of the new season
yesterday, and the sale of seats Indicates
packed houses all week.
Labor Day Matinee at the Empire.
The great melodrama, "Lights of Frisco,"
which opened at the Bmpire yesterday, ful
filled all expectations as a sensational scenic
play, and it should draw crowded houses all
week.' There will be a special holiday mat
inee this afternoon, and tonight as usual.
The drama, presented by a clever company.
deals with San Francisco, and most of the
scenes and characters are well known to Port
landers AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS
This Week's Bill at the Grand.
Today the Grand will start one of it best
vaudeville entertainments. The headline act
Is "The Onion Trut played by Charles A.
Mason, formerly of 'Adolnh and Rudolph,"
and Lew Kelly, here with "The Head waiters."
This Is one of the highest-priced acts in vaude
ville. Another feature ia the Mexican ; Tour
ist Quintet, which carries its own special
scenery. Al Jolaon Is the famous blackfaced
comedian and whistler and Louia Prltzkow Is
a Tyrolean warbler and change artist. "Hotel
Asker" is the title of the sketch given by
Mark Sullivan and Rillle Deaves. An Illus
trated mong and new motion pictures complete
the programme.
"The Stowaway' at the Star.
Beginning with the matinee this afternoon,
the Allen Block Company will produce "The
Stowaway." This sensational melodrama has
not been revived in Portland In more than a
dozen years, and Its presentation should make
a hit. It is considered one of the best dramas
of the kind that has ever been given on the
American stage. The scenery In "The Stow
away" is exceptionally elaborate and has been
built for this production. The safe-breaking
scene is one of the many exciting events of
the performance. There will be a daily mat
inee nd one performance each evening.
Vantages Offers Fine Bill.
Tirade d with two acts of extraordinary
merit, the new bill for this week will oen
at Pant ages Theater today. Courtney and
Jean not te, eccentric comedy jugglers, and
Mademoiselle Rinaldo. queen of the flames,
are- the two headline. Courtney and Jean
ette are jugglers of the first water and they
lighten their act with rich comedy. Mile.
Rinaldo' Introduces a new spectacular dance.
It la really a very startling performance. It
Is Indeed thrilling. Other strong features of
the bilk which has not one weak number on
it, are the Laswell Sisters, slngera and dancers;
Mary Madden, lecturologist; Sam Lamar, black
face monoloaist; Jean Wilson, with a new
illustrated song, and the latest animated pic
tures from the Blorraoh.
New Bill at the r-yric.
Thla afternoon the new bill for the present
week opens at the cozy Lyric Theater. "Across
the Plains" Is the title of the play, and It is
one of the most stirring and touching dramas
that they have had at the Lyric this yar.
It deals with the sturdy pioneers of this
Coast when they made their eventful trips
across the continent in wagon trains, and the
romance and adventure and strong hearts of
that time. It ia finely staged and will prove
an extremely Interesting melodrama.
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NEW LIFE DINING
Spiritualists Predict End of
Present Civilization.
WORLD'S AXIS CHANGING
Speakers at Closing Session of State
Association Give Keasons for
Belief In Coming Cataclysm.
Best - Will Triumph.
The State Spiritual Association held an
all-day 'session at Artisans' Hall, in the
Abington building, 1064 Third street, yes
terday, beginning at 11 A. M. The serv
ices were under the direction of Mra.
Sophia B. Seip. state president. A spe
cial song service was rendered. The
president delivered an invocation and
music, both vocal and instrumental, was
rendered, after which visitors were in
troduced who made ten-minute ad
dresses. The tenor of these addresses was that
the present year will mark the com
mencement of the most stupendous
change in the history of this planet; that
the mental chaos and physical disturb
ances which will result thereafter .will
be but the birth agonies of a new dis
pensation to the world at large. The
speakers contended that the present dis
turbances and those they prophesied to
come during the nex,t four months, are
but the death-throes of the old civiliza
tion. To prove .this they cited the alleged fact
that the Gulf Stream is now 400 miles out
of its former course, and other things
pointing to a change of axis for the
earth. This world-cleansing storm will
appear to the masses to be the end of
the world, but will be, in reality, only
a preparation for the brotherhood of
man and a higher conception or con
sciousness of life.
Dawn of Better Times.
The prophesy took a brighter turn
when the speakers referred to the great
progress they expected to come during
the coming yearr when inventions far
RAY BAAN, CHINESE LEPER, WILL
BE RETURNED TO NATIVE LAND
Pekin Government to Pay Transportation of Afflicted Asiatic
to China, and the Old Man Is Happy.
POOR 013 Ray Baan, the Chinese
leper. Is finally to be sent to his
native land. Until placed in the
County Poor Farm some weeks ago the
afflicted Chinaman had made his home
in the ruin of a shack near the Mult
nomah Field at Chapman and Main
streets. When the subject was brought
to the attention of the city authorities
there was considerable discussion as to
what disposition should be made of the
leprous Celestial. Eventually he was
taken to the Poor Farm. Here he has
remained, dreaming of dear old China,
longing to return and thinking of the
days when he was a prosperous Port
land merchant.
And now Ray Baan's one desire In
life to return to his native land that he
may be buried among his forefathers
when he dies is to be gratified. The
well-to-do Chinese of Portland have re
cently taken up the question of what
should be done with the old man, and
as a result he is to be furnished with
transportation to China by the Chinese
Government.
Everyone in Portland has heard of Ray
Baan. the leper. But the leper himself
knows no. one. He Is without a friend
in the world, and practically a man with
out a country.' There was a time when
Ray Baan had as many friends as any
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eclipsing anything yet known will startle
the world.
"The world Is blossoming," declared
Dr. E. F. Coulter. "The past has been
as a Winter season, but the Winter is
over and the Spring is at hand. The
new dispensation . now dawning will be
the blossoming of good throughout the
land. Portland is a great spiritual cen
ter, and will be a center of -the hew
awakening, which must have its origin
on the Pacific Coast, where the people
are receptive and progressive."
At the close of the morning service a
progressive drill began, and the guests
were conducted to the banquet hall by
Mrs. Driscoll and Mrs. Haverlon. where
the wants of the inner being were ca
tered to by Mrs. Packlngton.
Promptly at 2:30 P. M. a musical pre
lude opened the afternoon services, after
which Dr. Coons, recently appointed
state organizer, addressed the meeting
on "The Sacrednesa of Mediumship." He
advanced particularly broad and optim
istic views. "Everyone who believes in
a life to come," he said, "is a Spiritual
ist, whether he be called Methdoist, Pres
byterian, Catholic, Spiritualist ' or what
ever he be called."
C. A. Reed, who claims to be the
oldest veteran in the work, was called
and addressed the meeting on "Does Our
Labor Pay?" His remarks were sup
plemented by several local Spiritualists.
Special music by Mrs. Caropb'ell and
Professor M. A. Goodnough enlivened the
audience, several speeches were ren
dered and the afternoon sessions came to
a close with the song, "Throw Out the
Life-Line."
Night Session Is Held.
Last night at 8 o'clock the closing
session began. Short addresses were
made by Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Coulter and
Ira Taylor. Mrs. Lucy A. Mallory read
an original poem, written expressly for
the sessions of '06. Mrs. Campbell sang
"Christ is Walking on the Waters," Mrs.
Driscoll recited "Rock Me to Sleep,
Mother," to which Mrs. Seip .responded
with a poem composed for the occasion.
The new officers, who were elected Sat
urday night, were installed according to
the usual ritualistic services, and made
the customary addresses. This ended one
of the most successful sessions the State
Association has ever held.
The Spiritualists feel much elated over
the receipt by Mrs. Lucy A. Mallory,
editor of the World's Advanced Thought,
of a portrait of Count Tolstoi, signed
with his autograph and accompanied by
a copy of his publication in German,
"Fur Alle Tage" (For Every Day), which
is a compilation of aphorisms from the
world's literature and contains many
quotations from Mrs. Mallory's paper,
which is published in this city.
The same author recently published two
volumes in Russian, which contain only
aphorisms frorti the World's Advanced
Thought.
Chinaman in Portland. That was years
ago, before he had been attacked by the
dreaded malady and when he was in
business.
Then signs of leprosy appeared, his ac
quaintances and friends began to shun
him, his business eventually was trans
ferred to other merchants, and old Ray
Baan had to seek living quarters on' the
outskirts of the city. Penniless, without
friends and living a hand-to-mouth ex
istence, deserted by the world and his
own people, and alone, the old man suf
fered without uttering a complaint until
his condition was finally called to the
attention of the City Council.
Several hundred Chinese are to sail
from Tacoma this week, but the Port
land leper will not be among the num
ber. When he goes he will travel alone.
Sixty or 70 Portland Chinese are going
home to die this week, and old Ray Baan
wanted to join them in their Journey to
the fatherland. There were so many ob
jections to the old man's company that
the Influential Chinese here decided that
he should follow later and alone.
But bid Ray Baan is happy now. He's
going home. There is little danger of
his dying in a foreign land, and within
a few weeks he will be among his own
people, on his native soil, with nothing
to do but wait wait for death, the only
relief from leprosy.
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SHIFTY AND UNSAFE
General Otis Calls Bryan the
Partner of Hearst.
TAKES FLING AT UNIONS
Says Monopolyof Corporations Makes
Bryan Loudly Shout On La
bor's Monopoly Leader Is
Cunningly Silent.
"Bryan has shown himself shifty, un
safe, demagogical and utterly unworthy
of trust by that element of his party
which has prided itself as worthy of the
title, the 'old line Democracy." And the
most, amazing thing of it all is his ap
parent moving into the camp of Hearst
for the. purpose of doing a political busi
ness in conjunction with a man who is
the greatest menace to the Republic to
day." General Otis, editor and proprietor of
the Los Angeles Times, who heads the
GRIM ENEMY OF THE LABOR
UNION.
Harrison Cray Otis, Editor of the Los
Angeles Time. '
excursion party which visited Portland
Saturday, thus severely criticises the
most-taiked-of Democrat of the day.
General Otis- did not spare his vocabu
lary in berating Bryan and his sensa
tional declarations. Incidentally he took
a stinging slap at the labor unions, which
he bitterly opposes.
"Demagogue, Radical."
"Bryan has made a radical and dema
gogical appeal to the mob," said he,
speaking of the statements made by
Bryan relative to the Government and
Btate ownership of railroads. "It is a
departure for which I can see no warrant
from the standpoint of so-called Demo
crats. It is rejecting and throwing to
the winds all his later professions of con
servatism, which induced so many for
mer opponents to turn towards him as
the candidate of his party for the next
Presidency.
"Just at this juncture, when the party
was on closest guard against errors and
when it was hoped by the old-time con
servative leaders thatMhe organization
might be swung back to revive the tra
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ditions of the party in its better days.
Bryan comes to the front and in his real
to cater to all factions and isms and all
sorts and conditlonsof men, he advocates
measures which are bound to produce un
rest, disturbance, turmoil and revolution
in politics. He signally fails to advocate
measures which would result in the bus'
ness and political pacification of the coun
try, but on the contrary advocates meas
ures which, if successful, will surely have
the reverse effect.
Avoids the Labor Monopoly.
"He has neither the sense nor the cour
age to proclaim that the industrial ques
tion Is the foremost question in the Uni
ted States today, and one requiring the
best attention of the patriots and states
men of the land. He shouts and prates
about corporate monopoly, corporate si"
and the danger to be apprehended from
corporations both private and public, h"
with conspicuous and consummate cun
ning he says not one word about tne
greatest monopoly In the country at this
hour, namely, the labor monopoly.
"If he knows anything at all about ex
isting conditions in the labor world he
must know that the most dangerous men
ace to law and public and private liberty
is that which comes ' from lawless, or
ganized labor labor that seeks to mo
nopolize and control the industries of the
country, or. failing to control, to destroy
them and to punish, oppress and deprive
of their rights under the Constitution and
the law the great body of labor- of tne
country of all lines which is unorgan
ized, "We never he'ar from Bryan the enun
ciation of that reasonable, lawful. Just
and constitutional doctrine that every
citizen of the land has the lawful right
to pursue undisturbed any lawful occu
pation of his choice, provided only he
pursue it in a lawful way. and that in
doing so he has a right to the most com
plete protection which the Constitution
and the law fundamentally declare to be
the portion of every citizen under the
flag.
Equality the Great Requisite.
"Unless a candidate for the great office
of President can lift himself to that
statesmanlike plane from which he' is
able and willing to make the high and
courageous declaration that all citizens
of whatever class or pursuit must be
treated with equality in this regard, he
is unworthy of the confidence of his fellow-citizens
and unfit to hold the first
office in the Government.
"President Roosevelt In unequivocal
language has declared himself to the ef
fect that organized labor has no superior
rights over other classes of labor, merely
because it Is organized. He knows, as
every lawyer and thoughtful citizen
knows that, in the very nature of the
case under our system it cannot be oth
erwise; that in fact the humblest citizen
standing alone and without the backing
of so-called organized labor possesses un
der our system and under our law every
possible right claimed by the most power
ful . body of . organized, labor, no matter
what it pretends, claims or professes."
Dr. Miller's Cats Are
Fond of Snakes
DR. BYRON K. MILLER, who lives at
Sixteenth and Montgomery streets, is
the owner of three cats that eat snakes.
In fact, the favorite pastime of these
nine-lived animals Is to catch little garter
snakes which live in the grass near Dr.
Miller's residence. The cats will catch a
snake and play with it for half an hour.
Just as other cats do with mice and rats.
After playing with the reptiles until they
get tired the cats eat the tails oft and
leave them to die. The Miller cats are
also fond of grasshoppers and other in
eects, and spend hours every day In catch
ing them. Some day a rattlesnake will
happen along in the Miller neighborhood,
and then there will be something doing
for the Miller cats.
POTTER" SCHEDULE EXTENDED.
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Make Additional Trips.
Owing to the delightful weather at
North Beach, the "Potter" schedule has
been extended, and those who have not
already visited North Beach have an op
portunity to do so. Under the old sched
ule the last trip down was to have been
made Saturday, Septemebr 8. Under the
new schedule, the "Potter" will leave
Portland Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
days of each week, and the last trip down
will be September 15.
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TEXXIS TOl'RXEY.
Large Labor Day Crowd Is Expected
to Witness the Contests on
Irvington Courls.
Portland's tennis cracks will be out in
force today at the Irvlngton Tennis Club
courts, and unless all signs fail, some of
the best tennis of the big tournament,
which has been going on for some time,
will be on tap. It is the purpose of the
club officials to pull off as many of the
finals as possible, so as to wind up the
tournament by Tuesday.
The schedule of play begins at 10
o'clock A. M-, and being a holiday, tho
grandstand and clubhouse will be crowd
ed with lovers of the sport. Not only
hag tho present tournament attraeleil
a great deal of local interest, but tennis
sharps all over the state and also of
Washington have been watching the out
come with considerable interest. Spokane
players have been especially interested
in the tournament, so much so that tho
newspapers there have been printing the
outcome of the daily matches.
The splendid success of the present
tournament ha3 settled one thing. It
means that the Irvfngton Tennis Club
will toe the home of tennis In Oregon in
the future. The courts are without
question the best on the Coast. They are
lightning fast and crack Eastern tennis
players who have played on the court
pronounce them equal to any in the coun
try.' The spot selected for the courts
has been admirably chosen, and those
who purchased . the grounds had fore
sight enough to obtain sufficient space
upon which they can construct acllitional
courts In case It Is necessary.
One of the big matches scheduled for
this afternoon and one which will surely
call for a brilliant display before the
nets, is the doubles between Mr. Mac
Quinn and Mr. Turner, and Mr. Wicker
sham and Mr. Brllinger. This match
alone will repay those who journey to
the courts.
Today's Schedule.
10 A. M Thome vs. Wilder (Champ.),
court 2. Miss Leadbetter vs. Miss Gray
(Champ.): court 3. Miss Fox vs. Miss
Fording (Champ); court 6. Ferris vs. W.
Morse (Champ.): court 5.
2 P. M. Winners, Benham and Mackio,
vs. Farrls (Finals); court 4. Winners,
Thorne and Wilder, vs. Rohr (Champ.):
court 2. MeAlpin and Mrs. Raley vs.
Fisher and Mrs. Northrup, court 1.
' 3 P. M. Finals, MacSwain and Turner
vs. Wickersham and Bellinger; court 1.
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